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City of Louisville, Kentucky Will Receive Over $57 Million in Opioid Settlement Payments

Louisville Metro Government and Jefferson County will receive over $57 million in opioid settlement money over two decades, Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a press conference Thursday. The city is set to receive the first $7 million installment by the end of 2023.

The money will come from three pharmaceutical distributors – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson – and one pharmaceutical maker, Janssen, which is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. There were also national settlements finalized last month with CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Teva and Allergan, according to a statement provided by the Mayor’s Office.

Of the 2,100 overdose deaths in Kentucky last year, 505 of them were from people located in the Louisville Metro area.

Read the source article at Courier Journal

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